Weekly Franciscan reflections
Start every week here, with a Franciscan reflection on what the Gospel, St. Francis, and biblical stories offer to us that we can bring forward into our daily life.
Reflection for week of 2 March, 2025
Our service to creation
There is a difference between ownership and stewardship. When we own something, we can do with it as we please. When we are stewards, we are charged to care for something and use it for the purpose for which it is intended.
Humans are stewards of the Earth. We have been entrusted with the care of creation by God. Land, water, plants, and animals are all part of what we have been given and we must use them wisely. They are there to serve us, but not to be abused.
St. Francis, in the Canticle of the Creatures, offered God thanks for the many different parts of creation – sun, moon, stars, earth, water, fire, and so on. In the coming weeks, we will consider how humans might responsibly use these, and other, parts of God’s creation.
This week, let us focus on increasing our awareness of the way creation serves us, and how we can serve it.
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